Mama's Girl
I do love my mom, but I must admit that we are not each other's best friend. Not because there is something going on between us, it's probably just because we are five (her children) which makes it a bit hard for her to focus on each of us. Needless to say, I'm no mama's girl.
While there are times that I feel a pang of jealousy towards those who are close with their moms, I'm cool with the relationship that I have with my mother. Though often times, I find myself wishing that we could also be each other's best friend. I mean, how cool would that be right?
I don't get to bond with my mother that much so I was really glad when my elder brother invited us to attend a family day celebration in his work. That time, I got to bond with my mom, hence she's the one who took all of the photos in this post. Well we actually took each others photographs and it was such a wonderful moment for me. You know I don't get to post an outfit post here in my blog partly because I don't have anyone who could take my photos. I was glad that mom was in a really good mood on that day and she was such a sport in listening to my direction on how and where to take my photos. hahaha
I wanted to create a formal/casual/comfortable outfit on that day because I know we will spend much of our time roaming around. I decided to wear my vintage looking dress for that formal vibe and opted to pair it with my black and white shoes from Parisian for added comfort. I didn't wear any accessory aside from my silver watch from Timex, which was my brother's birthday gift to me last year. Instead, I wore my favorite bowler hat from Watermelon and Company in an attempt to look more stylish. lelz
Christ and Cristine :)
Quick fact: I was named Cristine because of Christ as in Jesus Christ. I was born on December 20 which is a few days before Christmas which is why my parents (particularly my dad) decided to name me Cristine.
The funny thing is that whenever I type my name on Microsoft Word, it always come out as a word that is spelled wrong. For the reason, I asked my dad why he didn't placed an 'h' after C. He said he didn't place an 'h' on my name because it would be read as Christ (as Jesus Christ) tine, so he dropped the 'h'. lelz hahaha Let's take this time to pray for my dad's humor! hahaha
Vintage Dress ::: Thrifted
Shoes ::: Parisian
Black Purse ::: Zalora
Bowler Hat ::: Watermelon and Company
love lots,
Tin
And girls, if you are looking for evening dresses or wedding dresses, hope the store below will help. 
This vintage dress is so lovely, feminine and chic. You look so pretty and gorgeous. Such a great styling! I do like this look on you....and the street art you showed is so cool. I love grafitti and street art and these Jesus inspired murals are really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI think your dad was right, Christina would sound a bit odd, especially if people would pronounce it as Christ-ina but I think no matter the spelling ( H or minus H) the people almost always pronounce it the same way, I never heard someone pronouncing it 'Kraistina', it's usually 'Kristina'.
p.s. love your hat and bag!
hahaha thank you very much for your lovely comment my dear! and yes, the murals looked really wonderful, I love them too :D
DeleteAside from that fabulous poses and that dress, I enjoyed reading the part about mum being your photographer. I won't be able to do that with my parents, ha,ha,ha. They will be embarass as I am not model like to be photographed.
ReplyDeleteI like the mix and match and even if I am not a girl, I learn many things from colours and designs on your blog. Keep it up! (Paranf teacher)
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Deletehahahha di naman kasi to parati Sir! ika nga once in a blue moon lang talaga kami nakaka pag bond ng mama ko..shocks nga ako game cya mag take ng picture ko at that time hahaha
DeleteThank you for the sweet words Sir! :)
So wonderful you got the chance to spend some quality time with your mother. And selfishly I am glad for it because it produced these gorgeous pictures of you :) I'm glad your mom took such good direction from you :) Such a beautiful lady you are and how lucky we are too see you like this!
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Thank you very much Shamu! :)
DeleteNice vintage dress! And your photos are lovely. Thanks to your mom. Hehe.. At least now you get to bond with her. ;)
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Thank you Andy! :) <3
DeleteNaks naman! :) I like your style, so vintage, so Cristine! :) Galing ni mommy mo for taking photos. :)
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hehehehe thank you Jewel!!! :) la lang yan sa style mo Je! hehehe
DeleteI really liked that dress and it look fabulous on you :)
ReplyDeleteThank you dear! :)
DeleteBeautiful dress and you wear it so well, Tin. You Mom did a fantastic job, gorgeous photos. Happy Monday, girl.
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Thank you so much dear Lenya! Happy Monday as well my dearest! <3
DeleteI totally love how the hat pulled the look with the dress. Your mom was so sweet for taking your photos :)
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awww thank you so much for your lovely words dear! :)
DeleteHi Tin!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your story about the relationship with your mom <3 For me, my mom is the most special person on the earth and she is definitely the closest person I have. I am so blessed to have such a good relationship with her & the fact that our interest match up is truly awesome. She does most of the outfit photography you can see on my blog. It was a long way of pointing her the directions and teaching her how the camera works, but she is almost a pro now :) Therefore, I surely understand the process you went through with your mom :) And she did a great job!
I really like the outfit you are wearing and, even though, we haven't seen many outfit posts from you, I do think that you are representing your style perfectly as this is surely something I imagined you wearing through your non fashion related posts.
Haha, your dad is awesome! Interesting story! :)
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Couldn't thank you enough Maddie! thanks a lot for reading and of course, for always inspiring me :)
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Yass!
DeleteYou look awesome
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Thank you dear! you are awesome as well!
DeleteHi Tin! Your Mom took you great photos, I'm really happy that you got the bond with her on that special day :) What's more the story of your name is lovely and your dad has nice sense of humor. What about the outfit I think that thrifted dress is everything - I love the print, it's pretty. :)
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Thank you so much dear! My mom is no match to your father's photography skills! haha thank you very much for your sweet words love! :)
Deletebtw your mom took lovely photos...and it is sweet you got to bond with her.
ReplyDeleteawww thank you so much my dear! :) my mom would love to hear that! haha
DeleteThank you! :)
ReplyDeleteMalapit na ang birthday!!! advance happy bday sis!!! <3 and in fairness mother did a great job with the ootd :)
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